Necktie-retainer.



No. 660,133. Patented Oct. 23, 1900.

J. C. WATSON.

NEGKTIE RETAINER.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH CALHOUN WATSON, OF BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS.

NECKTIE-RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,133, dated October23, 1900. Application filed September 25, 1899. Serial No. 731,611. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH CALHOUN WAT- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bentonville, in the county ofBenton and State ofArkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement inNecktie-Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a new and useful construction of necktie-retainer, theobject being to provide an exceedingly-simple device which can beconstructed fromasingle piece of wire and adapted to be secured upon thecollarbutton prior to fastening the collar thereto and which will serveto retain a string or four-in-hand tie in its proper position and notonly prevent it riding up, but will also prevent it slipping from sideto side.

With this object in view the invention consists, essentially, in shapinga piece of wire into a horizontal loop and a vertical loop, saidvertical loop having an upwardly-projecting eye adapted to receive thecollar-button and the horizontal loop having a depending finger formedupon the forward member thereof for the purpose of preventing anylateral movement of the tie.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction andnovelties of combination, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewshowing the manner of using my invention in connection with astring-tie. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the tie-retainer.Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. 4: is a top view.

In carrying out my invention I employ a single piece of spring-wirewhich is bent into an essentially rectangular-shaped horizontal loop Aand a vertical loop B, said loop 13 being arranged at the rear of theloop A and is formed with an upwardly-projecting eye C,

the lower end of which is open, as shown at O, to permit the insertionof a collar-button. The front member of the horizontal loop A is formedwith a depending finger D, arranged about the center thereof, saidfinger being preferably formed integral therewith by crimping or bendingthe wire, as most clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In operation the retainer is secured upon the front collar-button byslipping the eye of the vertical loop over the said button. The ends ofthe collar are then fastened upon the button, securely holding theretainer, so that the horizontal loops will project forwardly beyond theedges of the collar. The tie is then placed around the collar and thefirst knot tied, after whichthe lower end of the tie is passedthrough'the horizontal loop and arranged to the left side of thedepending finger, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1. The tie is then tiedin the usual manner, and inasmuch as it has been passed through thehorizontal loop it will be prevented from riding up on the collar, andon account of the end of the tie being arranged to one side of thedepending finger it will be held in a central position and be preventedfrom slipping to either side.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A necktie-retainer comprising a substantially-rectangular loop of wire,the rear side of which is provided with an upwardlyex tending bendforming an eye, the mouth of which is downward and contracted, and thefront side, at its center, is provided with a depending finger.

JOSEPH CALHOUN WATSON.

Witnesses:

W. E. WHARTON, V10 1. (Ross.

